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The Namesake 2006
A little while back, I encountered this Mira Nair film which I missed when it first came out in 2007. An Indian-American-Japanese co-production, The Namesake shares the same title as the novel it was based on by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Although already a fan of Nair's Monsoon Wedding and Salaam Bombay!, I was quite unprepared for The Namesake.
A story straddling two generations of family, in two continents, The Namesake tells of engineer Ashoke Ganguli (played by the late great Irrfan…
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024
For so long, you were awaited on the road to Valhalla. So fire up the V8, you fuccacima kamikrazees ...
I loved the Mad Max saga. Grew up with it. To me it was the exhilarating expression of the Australian indie can-do spirit. A no-holds-barred, no-shits-given, no-cows-sacred auteur madness that made its uncompromising mark on mainstream cinema with a smirk & a coldie.
And yet, as I walked into the Cannes premiere screening of Mad Max: Fury Road back in 2015,…
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023
Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny deserves a spot in the pantheon of our favourite films concerning a certain whip-wielding archaeologist.
Raiders, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade, and Dial of Destiny - all belong together. There, I said it.
(Crystal Skull? What's that?)
Bring on the brickbats & boos, heckles & hate mail. I don't care. Because, in Dial of Destiny, I got to see off an old screen friend, in style.
After all the journeys we shared with him on-screen, Dial…
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Blade Runner 2049 2017
When first announced, Blade Runner 2049 was a sequel many fans of the 1982 original didn’t need.
Scott’s seminal sci-fi story – while not perfect – was a miracle of a film made under duress (final cut ended up in the hands of accountants!), tackling an unwieldy uncinematic story, was hated by critics, and largely ignored by the audience who sought sci-fi solace in "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” that year.
Yet, muddled and striving as it was, Blade Runner rode…
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